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George
Street, Medal of Honor WWII Submarine Commander Dead at 86

By
Richard Goldstein

Capt.
George L. Street III, who won the Medal of Honor in World War II for directing
a daring submarine attack that destroyed three Japanese ships off the coast of
Korea, died Feb. 26, 2000 at a nursing home in Andover, Mass. He was 86.

Serving
as the skipper of the submarine Tirante, Street, then a lieutenant commander
brought his boat into the Japanese anchorage off Quelpart Island, a high,
rocky spot containing an air base, in the early hours of April 14, 1945.

The
waters, about 100 miles south of Korea, were heavily mined and the Japanese
had radar-equipped patrol vessels off the island in addition to five
shore-based radar stations.

But
Street was determined to find Japanese ships and sink them. He approached the
harbor on the surface at night, gun crews at their stations. If the submarine
was detected, it would have to shoot its way out of trouble because the waters
were too shallow for it to dive.

At
4 a.m., the Tirante fired torpedoes at a large ammunition ship.

"A
tremendous, beautiful explosion," Street would write in his report.
"A great mushroom of white blinding flame shot 2,000 feet into the air.
Not a sound was heard for a moment, but then a tremendous roar flattened our
ears against our heads. The jackpot, and no mistake!"

The
explosions lighted up the harbor.

"In
the glare of the fire, Tirante stood out in her light camouflage, like a
snowman in a coal pit," Commander Street would report. "But, more
important, silhouetted against the flame were two escort vessels, both
instantly obvious as fine new frigates of the Mikura class. Steadied to pick
off the two frigates."

The
Tirante did just that, using two torpedoes to blow up one of the frigates and
destroying the other one with one torpedo. Street then took the Tirante out of
the harbor at full speed and dived, eluding depth charges from a pursuing
patrol.

While
the Tirante had been approaching the Japanese-held harbor, it had received
word over its radio of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the
ascension to the presidency of Harry S. Truman. A few hours after the Tirante
completed its mission, it sent a message to the Pacific submarine command
reading: "Three for Franklin ... Sank ammunition ship two escorts."

Street
received the Medal of Honor from Truman at the White House on Oct. 6, 1945,
and was a recipient of the Navy Cross. He was decorated a second time by
Truman in December1947, receiving a gold star in lieu of a second Silver Star
for his actions in World War II.

George
Levick Street III, a native of Richmond, Va., graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1937. He took part in war patrols on the submarine Gar before
assuming command of the Tirante. After World War II, he held a variety of
administrative and seagoing posts before retiring from the Navy in 1966 as a
captain.

He
is survived by his wife, Mary, of Andover; a son, George L. Street IV of
Portland, Maine; a daughter, Kris Terry of Kingsport, Tenn.; a sister, Melinda
Ogilvy of Old Greenwich, Conn.; and four grandchildren.

Street's
executive officer on the Tirante was Capt. Edward L. Beach, also a recipient
of the Navy Cross, whose best-selling novel "Run Silent, Run Deep"
(Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1955) drew on his experiences aboard the
Tirante and other World War II submarines. Endicott Peabody, a future governor
of Massachusetts, was a lieutenant on the Tirante.

Despite
all his individual honors, Street was exceedingly proud of a collective award,
the Presidential Unit Citation, which went to the Tirante for its overall
combat record. As Street put it, "I really treasure that more than the
Medal of Honor because every man was there with us."